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1243W<br />
Written Answers<br />
6 JUNE 2013<br />
Written Answers<br />
1244W<br />
We do not routinely publish the results of local<br />
authorities who have made unsuccessful applications to<br />
ensure that they are not deterred from participating in<br />
similar exercises in the future.<br />
Clothing<br />
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government how many<br />
officials in (a) his Department and (b) the nondepartmental<br />
public bodies for which he is responsible<br />
have made a claim for evening dress allowance in each<br />
of the last five years; and what the total cost of such<br />
claims has been. [155443]<br />
Brandon Lewis: The Department’s accounting system<br />
has no centrally held records of expenditure of this<br />
kind.<br />
Enterprise Zones<br />
Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government (1) what targets<br />
have been set for job creation for each enterprise zone;<br />
and how many jobs have been created by each enterprise<br />
zone to date; [158437]<br />
(2) what targets have been set for the number of firms<br />
located at each enterprise zone; and how many firms are<br />
currently located at each enterprise zone; [158438]<br />
(3) what recent discussions he and officials of his<br />
Department have had with (a) colleagues in other<br />
Departments and (b) local authorities on the delivery<br />
of enterprise zones. [158444]<br />
Mr Prisk: DCLG has not set any specific targets for<br />
the number of jobs created or firms locating in each<br />
enterprise zone. However, since April 2012 nearly 3,000<br />
new jobs have been created since going live, as well as<br />
attracting some £229 million in private sector investment.<br />
DCLG is also working closely with other Government<br />
Departments and local authorities on the delivery of all<br />
enterprise zones to ensure they realise their full potential<br />
in the short and long-term.<br />
Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013<br />
Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government when he plans to<br />
issue guidance relating to Clause 1 of the Growth and<br />
Infrastructure Act 2013. [158388]<br />
Nick Boles: We published our response to the consultation<br />
on implementing section 1 of the Growth and Infrastructure<br />
Act on 4 June, alongside the criteria that we propose to<br />
use for designating or de-designating any local planning<br />
authorities whose performance has dropped below an<br />
acceptable level. Secondary legislation and guidance on<br />
the process for submitting applications directly to the<br />
Secretary of State, w<strong>here</strong> applicants in designated areas<br />
choose this route, will be published in the autumn.<br />
Housing: North West<br />
Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government how many new<br />
housing starts began in (a) Tameside Metropolitan<br />
borough and (b) Stalybridge and Hyde constituency in<br />
2012-13. [158704]<br />
Mr Prisk: Data for Stalybridge and Hyde constituency<br />
are not collected centrally. The constituency falls within<br />
the metropolitan borough of Tameside.<br />
Statistics on house building starts by tenure in each<br />
local authority are published in the Department’s live<br />
tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are<br />
available at the following link:<br />
http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tableson-house-building<br />
Landlords: Immigration Controls<br />
Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government what criteria he<br />
proposes to use to identify high-risk areas w<strong>here</strong> landlords<br />
will be required to check on the immigration status of<br />
prospective tenants; and whether the proportion of ethnic<br />
minorities living in an area will form part of those<br />
criteria. [158386]<br />
Mr Prisk: The Government is taking action to stop<br />
rogue landlords who cash in from housing illegal<br />
immigrants. These measures will send out a strong<br />
signal and help reduce unsustainable immigration.<br />
We will avoid burdening the private rented sector<br />
with unnecessary red tape and any changes will not<br />
adversely affect UK nationals looking to rent.<br />
More information on the proposals will be published<br />
for consultation in due course, and the reforms will be<br />
subject to scrutiny by <strong>Parliament</strong>.<br />
Parish Councils<br />
Jesse Norman: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government when he expects<br />
to respond to the consultation on making it easier to<br />
set up new town and parish councils; and if he will<br />
make a statement. [157477]<br />
Mr Foster: The Department is currently finalising its<br />
response to the consultation on making it easier to set<br />
up new town and parish councils and expects to publish<br />
the response in due course.<br />
Right to Buy Scheme: Birmingham<br />
Mr Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Communities and Local Government how many local<br />
authority-owned properties have been purchased through<br />
the Government’s Right-to-Buy scheme in Birmingham,<br />
Hall Green constituency in each of the last three years.<br />
[157681]<br />
Mr Prisk: Data on the sales of local authority properties<br />
through the Right to Buy scheme are not available at<br />
constituency level. Figures are available at local authority<br />
level and can be found in Tables 691 (quarterly data)<br />
and 685 (annual data) at these places:<br />
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/<br />
attachment_data/file/199104/Table_691.xls<br />
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/<br />
attachment_data/file/200525/Table_685__version_2_.xls